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Additional authors

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division

Description

1. 76 videocassettes

Summary

1. The collection consists of 47 audio recordings and 76 moving image recordings primarily of Carter in live performances.

Subject

1. Carter, Ron, 1937-
2. African American musicians
3. Double bass -- Performance
4. Double bassists -- United States
5. Jazz -- United States
6. Jazz musicians

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Video recordings.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS Carter 1981-07

Note

1. Ron Carter is a leading jazz bassist. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree at the Eastman School of Music in 1959 and his Masters of Music Degree at the Manhattan School of Music in 1961. He taught in Missouri and New York City and played with many musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. Carter toured widely in the United States, Europe and Japan and appeared on television shows, in concert halls and theaters, nightclubs, on college campuses, and at jazz festivals. He also published technical manuals, "Building a Jazz Line", in three volumes.He was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet in the mid 1960s. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: the Ron Carter archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscript & Rare Books Division: Ron Carter papers, 1954-1997. (Sc MG 90).

Author

1. Carter, Ron, 1937- creator.

Title

1. Ron Carter audio and moving image collection.

Publisher

1. [1994]

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: the Ron Carter archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscript & Rare Books Division: Ron Carter papers, 1954-1997. (Sc MG 90).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS Carter 1981-07